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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1939

3,566 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 71 of 179

Wind Itself Up Finance Company Asks Court Unable to Pay Debts Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 9

When a petition for the winding up of the Scottish Loan and Finance Co. Ltd., resented by the company itself, come before Mr. Justice Long-Innes in the…

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Hid in Swamp Gaol Escapees Captured Walked Up to Police Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 13

Raymond Cullen, 26, and George Grannon, 47, who escaped from Beechworth Reformatory on Tuesday, were captured to-day…

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Quarter Sessions Youth Sent to Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 11

At the adjourned sitting of the Quarter Session at Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, Oliver John Tucker, 16, was brought before Judge Nield and pleaded…

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Police Funeral To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 12

Sergeant G. Foster, of Murrurundi, who died in Newcastle Hospital, will be given a police funeral this morning. The funeral will leave Meighan's funeral…

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Police Court Thursday, May 11 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Summons Division Tenancy Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 11

Execution of the warrant was suspended until May 19 in the case between K. A. Reid and Thomas John King, Turton-road, Waratah…

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Raid by Police Men and Women Arrested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 12

Police made a raid on a house in Northumberland-street, Maryville, last night, and arrested seven men and two women…

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Fear German Secret Police in Australia Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

Fear that Nazis or persons in the employ of Nazis may have entered this State in the guise of German refugees was expressed to-day by an official…

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Small Debts Court Verdict for Amount Paid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 11

A verdict for the plaintiff for the amount paid into Court, £6/5/, was given in the case of Mary Ann Young, of Metcalfe-street, Wallsend, against W. Hall (a…

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Police Reserve Returned Soldiers Seek Assurance No Strike Duty Desired

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 12

Some members having already signed enrolment forms for the reserve police force, Hamilton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League last night…

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District Court Verdicts for Defendants Three Claims That Failed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 17

Three claims arising from motor collisions were heard by Judge Nield at Newcastle District Court yesterday. A verdict in favour of the defendant was given…

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Woolcott Forbes Police Have No Knowledge of Money Sent Away SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 14

The Premier (Mr. B. S. B. Stevens), replying to questions in the Legislative Assembly to-day said that the police had no knowledge of money having been…

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Ex-police Officer Sues for £15,000 Injured In Car Smash SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 7

Described by Mr. Evatt. K.C., as a man who played the highest possible grades of football, was a vigorous tennis player, an…

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Police Raid House at Maryville Lottery Barrel As Exhibit Charges Against Five Men

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

When Newcastle police raided a house in Northumberland-street, Maryville, last night, they broke up the drawing of a lottery…

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"He Is Not to Blame" Mother's Outburst in Court SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 15

"He has never been in gaol before, and he is not to blame," a woman screamed as she wrestled fiercely with attendants at the Quarter Sessions to-day. She…

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Company Formed to 'Aid Punters' Court Reduces Fine To £50 SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 8

An admission that Rufe Naylor Investments Ltd. was formed to give the public an interest on the racecourse for a small investment,…

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Injunction Sought Sale of Victorian Milk Board Approaches High Court Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 14

The Milk Board of New South Wales to-day sought an injunction of the Full High Court restraining the Metropolitan Cream Pty. Ltd., of Grey-street, Sydney,…

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Fremantle Men Refuse Jobs Darwin Dispute Extends Strikers Before Court To-day Darwin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 15

The position of the Australian Workers' Union, which began the dispute with Darwin contractors, was strengthened when 50 men from Fremantle, who arrived…

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Theft at Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 14

Grant Allen West, described as a seaman-barman, was fined £3, in default imprisonment for six days, when charged with the theft of a knife, forks, spoon,…

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Governor of Maitland Gaol Retires

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 10

Mr. E. C. Graham enters upon his long-service leave to-day, prior to retirement, concluding his period of duty with the Prisons Department as Governor of…

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Bankruptcy Court

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 14

The public examination, was concluded of Leslie Currington Bailey, of Hunter-street. Stockton, who said that the cause of his bankruptey was sickness and…

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